Blue Skies (1929)

Better known for her work in talkie weepers Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances in such late silent films as Foxs Blue Skies The audience was expected to believe that the twentysomething Twelvetrees and Frank Albertson are teenagers living together platonically in an orphan asylum A wealthy old man comes calling to adopt Albertson who feeling sorry for Twelvetrees trades places with the girl Thus it is that the heroine is carted off to a luxurious mansion while Albertson remains behind One year later the old man discovers Albertsons deception whereupon he invites the boy to live with him as well By this time Twelvetrees and Albertson are of marriageable age thus the film ends with a wedding in the offing